For years, the voestalpine employee shareholding scheme has been considered exemplary in Europe. The concept was developed in the year 2000. It bundles voting rights in an employee shareholding foundation, contributing significantly to the stable ownership structure of the Group, and also enabling employees to participate directly in the company’s success. Employees at voestalpine currently hold over 14% of the voting rights in voestalpine AG. Until now, shares from the voestalpine employee shareholding scheme were not given to the Austrian employees until they left the company. This year, as an exception, the portion of shares no longer subject to tax-related holding periods will be issued before the end of the employment relationship. This will both create space for future allocations and ensure that employees’ shareholding permanently remains within the designated voting rights range of 10% to 15%.

As the global market leader for railway infrastructure systems, voestalpine Railway Systems supplies track systems, turnout systems, and signaling technology for renowned international railway projects. In recent years, the company has developed new digital diagnostic and monitoring solutions for trains. These systems monitor the operational status of trains and complement the existing track monitoring systems. To date, the systems have been fitted on rail tracks in 35 different countries worldwide. Customers include the majority of the world’s major railway operators, the major rail freight transport companies of North America, mining operators in Australia and South America, and many more in all climate zones of the world. Major projects are planned for the current calendar year in South Korea, Mexico, Germany, Spain, and the United States, among others.

voestalpine Böhler Welding, a leading and globally active company in the field of welding technology, has been gradually expanding its local value creation in India in recent years and invested around EUR 3 million in its Indian locations. Future projects, such as the addition of solid wire production to the product portfolio, are also intended to boost the “Make-in-India” share.